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The Udell Political Papers consist of a selection of office and campaign working papers and campaign memorabilia from his political and Indiana office service with Birch Bayh (1963-1973) and his work on Lee Hamilton's 1966 re-election campaign, with a few documents from his staff work for Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska (1973-1977).

The collection consists of posters received from several donors, which have been grouped as a single collection for convenience of both research and preservation.

Indiana University administrator Ward Gray Biddle's political career began in 1930 when he was elected to the Indiana state legislature as a Democratic representative from Monroe County, a position he held for the 1931 General Assembly session. In 1932 he was elected to the State Senate from Brown, Greene, and Monroe Counties and served for two more sessions of the General Assembly (1933 and 1935) and two special sessions (1932 and 1936). This collection consists of correspondence, maps, and voter information from Biddle's successful first campaign for the state senate seat from Brown, Greene, and Monroe Counties.